Quilting machine



Dec. 16, 1930. J. R. RUSSELL QUILTING MACHINE Filed Oct. 3, 1927' grim WWW By M ATTORNEY.

:SlillL t W 1 Patented Dec. 16, 1930 'JOHN R. BUS-SELL, or sma me, rumors g QUILTIN MnoirINE l Application filed October 3,. 192 7. *ser ai m aaasov.

My invention has reference to quilting machines, and aims to increase the efficiency and usefulness of such devices. Material which is handled by machines of this class is of various sizes, three standard lengths being in common use, which lengths are approximately eight, eight and onerhalf, and nine feet. .In order to handle all of these lengths it is necessary to make use of two or more frames ini the machine, or else use a frame of a size which will handle the longest material, and make the shorter lengths thereon. This last method is not satisfactory, and the changing of frames requires a con siderable amount of time and effort. The chief purpose of the present invention is to provide a frame which is subject to variations in length, by means of adjustments which can be quickly and easily made- The size of the frame can be thereby made to conform to the length of the quilt thatis be ing worked, tion thereon.

The particular construction, arrangement, and operation of the machine will more fully appear from the following specification, refwith a resultant ease of operaerence being had to the accompanying drawings, in which;

Fig. 1 shows the invention in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the quilting frame, detached.

Fig. 3 is a detail, in section, of. ,a modified form of the device.

. Fig. 4 is a similar view, with the section 30 detached.

Fig. 5 is an end view of the quilting frame, looking at the end piece 9.

The device is suspended by means of a pair of overhead supports .1, united by a cable 2, upon which is operable a carriagev consisting'of rollers 3 and bar4 supported thereby. On the lower face ofthe bar 4 is pivoted a hanger 4, connected with the ends of a bar5 by means of a pairof straps 6, provided with adjustment loops shown at 7, by means of which one or other of the ends of the bar 5 may be supported at a greater or lesser height, as desired. Suspendedfrom the bar 5 is. a quilting frame including a pair of and pieces 8 and 9, connected with the slidable'in the slot 13 and bar iiby hangers 10 and 11. The hanger ll has-a vertical end portion 12, slidable in a slot. 13 in the bar 5, theupper end of saidend portion being. threaded and provided with a nut 14", by means of which the hanger can be held in adjusted positions. The upper bar of the hanger is' also provided with a lug 15 continuationv thereof, which piecei9. Gatches'23are'pivo'ted on the' face of the end-piece, and engage with the pins 21, to prevent accidental release thereof. The ends of-theislots are curved inwardly, and when the materialis in position on the rollers the" tendency thereof is. to prevent the outward movement of such rollers, which also assists in holding'the pins '21 in the slots. 1 .1 -'At that end of the rollers nearest the endpiece 9 each of said rollersiis provided with asection 2 5, separated from the body. of the roller iby'a reducediportion'v 26, also insertable in the slots in the'end-piece 9, and-additionaljsectionsf27 arealso provided for the rollers, separated from the sections by re- ,duced portions28. Thereduced portions 26 and 28 may consist of rod extensions of the pins 21, or they may be formed by cutting away asufficient amount of the rollers to leave a desired bearing. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the frame is arranged for operation 1 with material of the greatest length, which will practically fill the space between the end pieces 8 and 9, and'in case'it is desired to work with material of less length the ends of the rollers are disconnected from the endpiece 9, and re-engaged therewith at the reduced portions 26 or28, as may be required by the length of the material. To permit of a groove 16in lug holds the hanger in proper .alignment with the bar 5.

this change the nut 14 is loosened and the the roller 20, for winding thereon as the work progresses. Any filling material is fed into the quilt between the rollers 18 and 19 in the usual manner. 7

. In Fig. 3 the roller 18 is shown fitted with an extension 30, held in place by a bolt 31 held in the end of the roller 18. The outer end of the bolt is provided with a spool 32, for engagement with the slot 22 in the end- 10 piece 9. As indicated, the section 30 would be designed to add enough to the length of the roller to provide for the operation of the frame with a quilt of next to the shortest length, and for the greatest length of matcrial the section 30 is replaced by one of double thelength thereof. It will be understood that each of the rollers would be similarly provided with said extensions, permitting a variation in the working len th of the frame similar to that shown in *igures 1 and 2. In Fig. 4 the end of the roller 18'is shown without any sections attached thereto, and fitted with a short bolt 33 and spool 84 for connection with the end-piece 9.

The frame is operated in the usual manner with a. sewing machine, the quilting being carried on between the rollers 19 and 20, and the work rolled up as the work progresses, as before mentioned.

What I claim, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A machine of the class described, comprising a support and carriage movable longitudinally thereof, a bar suspended from said carriage and provided at its ends with hangers, a frame supported at its ends by said hangers, and quilting rollers in said frame provided at one of their ends with one or more sections forming spaced bear.-

40 ings for the support thereof, the hanger adjacent to the section ends of said rollers being 7 adjustable longitudinally of said bar to con- 1 form to the adjustments afforded by said sections. a a

In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature. JOHN R. RUSS ELL. 

